Auxiliary toilet seat



y 7 1942- c. w. TRIPPENS-EE 2,288,758

AUXILIARY TOILET SEAT Filed May 10, 1941 AT ORNEYS Patented July 7, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to auxiliary seats for toilet bowls, and its general object is to provide a seat to beused in conjunction with the standard or regular seat of the bowl, in order to accommodate small children with utmost comfort, in that my seat is of a shape to fit within the aperture of the standard seat to reduce the size thereof, and is supported by the latter seat against casual removal or displacement, yet it can be applied and removed almost instantly, as it is merely slipped into and out of the aperture.

A further object is to provide an auxiliary seat that is made into a single piece from any suitable material and includes no attachments or other extraneous fastening or holding devices, for associating the same with the standard seat.

Another object is to provide an auxiliary seat that is very simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely efi'icient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating my auxiliary seat in use.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 22 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken through the two seats and illustrates the position assumed by the auxiliary seat in' the event of slippage thereof during use.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A indicates a toilet bowl and B the standard seat therefor, which is of the usual oval ringlike contour and substantially semicircular in cross section, in that it is provided with a flat under face and an upwardly rounded upper face, the latter having its inner portion curved to a less degree to the inner edge thereof than the outer portion, as clearly shown in Figure 3. The seat B is suported above the bowl by the usual cushion buttons which together with the bowl and the seat B form no part of the present invention, but are included in the drawing to illustrate the relation of the auxiliary seat with the standard seat.

The auxiliary seat is made into a single piece only, from any suitable material, to provide a body I that is likewise of oval ringlike contour to conform to the general shape of the seat B, but the body I is substantially semicrescent shape in cross section to provide a fiat under face 2 and an inner face 3 that isrounded outwardly from the outer edge 4 to the inner edge 5. The body is undercut from the edge 4 to provide an inwardly rounded outer face 6 that substantially conforms to the inner rounded portion of the upper face of the seat B, upon which my seat is mounted to be supported thereby.

The auxiliary seat is of a Width to extend a considerable distance within the aperture of the seat B to reduce the siz thereof, and the normal arrangement of the auxiliary seat relative to the seat B is best shown in Figure 2, which illustrates that the inwardly rounded or curved outer face 6 rests snugly upon the inner rounded portion of the upper face of the seat B for disposal of the auxiliary seat concentrically therewith. In order to prevent casual removal or displacement of the auxiliary seat relative to the seat B, it will be noted that the outer face 6 at the lower edge thereof is formed to provide an outwardly directed marginal abutment bead 1 of substantially cross sectional hook shape and the diameter of the under face of the auxiliary seat from the outer edge of the bead 1, throughout the entire circumference of the latter is such to allow the bead to pass the inner edge of the standard seat for disposal of the lower portion of the auxiliary seat within the aperture of the standard seat and with the bead below the latter, so that in the event the auxiliary seat should be tilted from its normal position of Figure 2, for example to the tilted position of Figure 3, the head will abut the inner edge of the standard seat, as shown in Figure 3, and thus prevent removal or undue displacement of the auxiliary seat.

From the above description and disclosure in the drawing, it will be obivous that when the auxiliary seat is inserted in the aperture of the standard seat and mounted upon the upper face of the latter, that provision is made to accommodate small children, in a manner so that a child can be seated with utmost comfort and without fear of falling into the bowl.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An auxiliary toilet seat for detachable association with the standard seat of a toilet bowl, comprising a solid ringlike body of substantially semicrescent shape in cross section to provide an outwardly rounded inner face, a flat under face and an inwardly rounded outer face, said body being of a size relative to that of theostandard seat for said outer face to rest upon the upper face of the standard seat and for the body to project inwardly beyond and below the inner edge of the standard seat for disposal through the usual aperture thereof, and anoutwardly directed marginal bead formed on the body about the lower edge of said outer face to underlie the standard seat for disposal in abutting engagement therewith to prevent casual removal or undue displacement of the auxiliary seat.

2. An auxiliary toilet seat for detachable association with the standard seat of a toilet bowl, comprising a ringlike body of substantially semicrescent shape in cross section to provide an outwardly rounded inner face, a flat under face and an inwardly rounded outer face, said body being of a size relative to that of the standard seat for said outer face to rest upon the upper face of the standard seat and for the body to project inwardly beyond and below the inner edge of the standard seat for disposal through the usual aperture thereof, and a cross sectional substantially hook shaped outwardly directed marginal bead formed on the body about the :lower edge of said outer face to underlie the standard seat for disposal in abutting engagement therewith to prevent casual removal or un- .due displacement of the auxiliary seat.

CHRIST W. TRIPPENSEE. 

